Hypotheticals

THE CHIEF PLEASURE of this varied anthology lies in its imaginative breadth. Editor Connie Wilkins has collected fourteen stories from established and emerging writers of GLBT fiction that speak to both the “queer” and the “histories” of the subtitle. The editor’s introduction positions the collection as a corrective to the Western tradition that has “either ignored, glossed over, or vilified” the presence and experiences of glbtq people. That this anthology offers an alternative through fiction rather than scholarship adds a twist to the volume’s queerness. These are queer stories about queered history.

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